In 2000, Dieruff's Reed signs with Denver Broncos

A weekly look back at sports — in anniversaries in multiples of five — in the Lehigh Valley.

July 19

2000 — Dieruff grad Andre Reed, who had requested his release from Buffalo after 15 seasons when the Bills moved him to a back-up position at wide receiver, signs a two-year contract with Denver.

1975 — Before a crowd of 9,000 at Bethlehem Area School District stadium, Bethlehem Catholic and future Eagles tight end John Spagnola grabs two touchdown passes in the West's 12-0 win over the East in the fifth-annual LARC football all-star game.

JULY 20

1980 — Dieruff grad Roman Urbanczuk scores three goals for the Pennsylvania Stoners in a 5-2 American Soccer League victory over the visiting Cleveland Cobras before a crowd of 3,808 at Allentown School District Stadium.

1965 — St. Louis' Curt Simmons continues his mastery over the team that released him in 1960, running his career record against the Phillies to 16-3 in a 5-4 win at Busch Stadium.

1965 — Johnson Post's Jack Wolfe strikes out 16 and allows just two hits in a 4-1 win over Lehigh Township, helping the Northampton County Legion second-half race finish in a five-way tie.

JULY 21

1970 — Mario Andretti of Nazareth confirms he is considering a "fabulous offer" from Ferrari to become the Italian auto-maker's top driver on the company's Formula 1 racing team.

1970 — Mountainville's Jim Kluscarits and Fountain Hill's Rich Wescoe hook up in a superb Lehigh Valley Legion pitching duo. Both throw no-hitters for eight innings before Mountainville bunches three singles with a walk in the ninth for a 1-0 win. Kluscarits finishes with a no-hitter, striking out nine and walking two. Wescoe strikes out 14 and also walks two in a game that takes just 82 minutes to play.

JULY 22

2000 — Andy Walbert hits two home runs, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the bottom of the sixth inning, to help North Parkland to a 6-4 win over Lower Macungie in the championship game of the Lehigh Valley Legion postseason tournament. It's North Parkland's fourth straight postseason title and gives the Buffalos their fifth straight Region II tournament berth.

1990 — Both Geoff Bodine and Harry Gant gamble and pass up their final pit stop but the move backfires on Gant when he runs out of fuel on the final lap, and Bodine holds off Bill Elliott for the victory in the AC Spark Plug 500 before a crowd of 110,000 at Pocono International Raceway.

JULY 23

2000 — Rusty Wallace slips past teammate Jeremy Mayfield on the final turn to win the Pennsylvania 500 before just over 100,000 race fans.

JULY 24

2005 — Kurt Busch leads 131 of the 200 laps to easily win the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono International Raceway. The big battle is for second, where Rusty Wallace edges Mark Martin.

1985 — Jeff Hausamann outduels future major-leaguer Jeff Mutis, tossing a four-hitter to lead Northwestern to a 4-3 win over Mountainville and the team's first Lehigh Valley Legion baseball title.

1980 — A detached retina knocks Dieruff running back Dave Kursico out of the Big 33 all-star football game.

1965 — Dave Schneck's eighth-inning sacrifice fly breaks up a pitching duel between himself and Tim Braim and lifts Coplay to a 1-0 Lehigh Valley Legion win over Emmaus, ending Emmaus' 19-game win streak and giving Coplay the second-half title. Schneck and Braim each allow four hits, and Schneck also strikes out nine and picks off three baserunners, helping offset Coplay's five errors.

1955 — Behind two home runs by Roger Maris, the Reading Indians cool off Allentown rookie pitcher Dick Ricketts, beating him and the Redbirds 5-4 at Braeden Field. It is Ricketts' second straight loss after he had won his first four pro decisions.

JULY 25

1965 — Mario Andretti cruises by A.J. Foyt on the final lap — after Foyt runs out of fuel — and streaks to victory in the 150-mile Hoosier Grand Prix in Indianapolis.

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